Rockers, soulheads and lovers: Sound systems back in da day
This article explores the emergence of sound system culture in Britain, from post-war Caribbean migration to the early 1980s, in terms of House and Blues parties, clubs and dancehalls, bass culture, dance-floor corporeality, and raver’s sartorial aesthetics and interventions,
with reference to oral history interviews with sound system pioneers, practitioners and ravers from my installation-based exhibition, Rockers, Soulheads & Lovers: Sound Systems Back in Da Day (New Art Exchange, Nottingham and 198 Contemporary Arts & Learning, London 2015–16).
Keywords: blues parties; creolization; erotic power; house parties; micro-climates; sound system
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
Publication date: April 1, 2018
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